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Discover more about Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches in the blogs published here, which cover a wide range of fascinating subjects from the website. We also publish information about our events, projects and resources in this section. Blogs are added on a regular basis so please re-visit this section to view the latest ones and keep up to date with what we’re doing.
New Gaelic Artist in Residence with Tobar an Dualchais/ATLAS Arts Appointed
Gaelic artist Frances Driscoll has been selected for the annual Tobar an Dualchais (TAD)/ATLAS Arts residency to explore and create work relating to the oral heritage recordings available on the TAD website. This is the sixth year that this exciting opportunity has been offered.
Living heritage for living landscapes
"Across the world, research has shown a causal link between the loss of biodiversity and the loss of cultural diversity. When languages and traditions disappear, so too does the knowledge of how to live with and care for the ecosystems that sustain life. The destruction of culture often comes first – disrupting memory, dislocating communities and severing the bonds between people and place. It is no coincidence that the world’s 370 million Indigenous peoples, who make up less than 5 per cent of the global population, steward around 80% of the planet’s remaining biodiversity."
Gaelic & Scots Project for Young Creatives Runs for Second Year
For the second year running, the project Sgrìobh | Scrieve will give two young emerging artists the opportunity to create their own songs in Gaelic and Scots. The artists will then perform them at Eden Court’s summer music festival, Under Canvas, on 7 August.
Still a place for knitting among the young
Tobar an Dualchais director Flòraidh Forrest writes about the art of knitting fishermen’s ganseys and their cultural significance to fishing communities across Scotland, with particular reference to the famous Eriskay fishermen’s ganseys. She also discusses how there is still a place for knitting with young people in our communities, as illustrated by a local project undertaken by Tobar an Dualchais in collaboration with Fèisean nan Gàidheal, in which Gaelic-medium primary pupils were taught to knit while learning Gaelic vocabulary and songs relating to the craft.
